Four exciting novelists explore identity, inheritance and the secrets that bind families across borders.
Avni Doshi and Intan Paramaditha discuss myth, the uncanny, marriage, family and hidden violence in their latest fictions with Alexandra Pringle, former Bloomsbury editor in chief and author.
Laleh Khadivi and Amy Abdelnoor explore identity, inheritance, belonging, displacement and family secrets across borders with writer and Publishing Director at Saqi Books Elizabeth Briggs.
‘Vivid and evocative.’
Juliet Stevenson on Ever Land
‘A laugh-out-loud, shocking, moving and deeply human story that illuminates the complexity of Iran’s history and its people.’
Nguyen Phan Que Mai on Female Life on Planet Earth
‘The First House reads like something out of mythology, laced with a surreal and sinister magic.’
Katie Yee, author of Maggie
‘Night of a Thousand Hells shows what it means to be a woman, and especially an Asian woman, in this fierce and relentless world. Paramaditha understands every glorious, perilous, bloody, unbearable, and stunning moment that comprises the million different facets of the brilliant entirety that is womanhood.’
Bora Chung, author of Cursed Bunny
An association with Lahore Literary Festival, promoting stories and writers of South Asian heritage.
Saturday 17 October 2026 | 5:40 pm | £ 10.00
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This event is in partnership with Merton Libraries, part of Merton’s National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England.